I'm a Kenya who works in Qatar, and John has got it right again. Last week John talked on what happened to us in the past and now the present.... thank you.
Oh but you do love the sweet sweet money. If you don’t like it, why don’t you find a job back in your country or your neighbours? Oh wait, conditions are actually worse
"A cartel-like group of scumbags and assorted criminals who ocassionaly put on soccer matches." This is by far the best FIFA's description I've ever heard of.
And yet people are fine with it. As long as they get to watch football (or soccer for the USA) they're willing to look past everything FIFA and Quatar do. Making up watever excuse they can that will allow them to watch it and not lose any sleep over it. That i find even more disgusting.
@@DutchDreadnaught What do you think , all those oppressed women, gay, workers will be better if the light is shared on the problem or not ? By ignoring that the problem exist it won't be gone? I wonder if just hosting and seeing other people will maybe change a thing or two. Fifa will always be corrupted - to much money - nobody to control.
Im from the Philippines, and the kafala system has been in place and exploiting a lot of my countrymen since the late 80's. And not only in Qatar but most of the countries in the Arabian Peninsula. I admire John for putting a light on this issue, but I dont think any change will be coming soon.
Slavery is just too damn convenient and cost effective for the slavers. That is why it took the nations of Europe so many centuries to (legally) abolish it. I hope for your countrymen‘s sake and for the world that somehow, miraculously a concerted effort is made by the more influential nations in the world to render the kafala system economically non-viable (e.g. by imposing santions).
The Philippines has also been routinely taken advantage of by the United States, too. *The USA was founded on genocide and slavery* and the devastation they have committed in the Philippines and other countries should not be ignored.
@@williamyoung9401 they don't want a better life there they want to send money from qatar, same reason there are european workers in america supply and demand, india, bangladesh, and nepal are making constructions but qatar is making even more of them so the competition there is less serious Only once they're hired they realize there is basically no pay, they're enslaved, and they have no or limited contact outside
Well, what John failed to mention is that most of these employers were actually from Western countries. Qataris just paid the money to contractors for a project they wanted built. Therefore, it is unfair to just criticise Qatar and not hold the foreign contractors accountable too! BTW it was the safest, most family-friendly & best world cup to date! As far as the lgbt issue - most of the world have a law/restriction against them.
@@az..0N3 Qatar employee's are on other jobs across the country too other than the world cup, with qatari employers this time, same kafala system, same shit. its on qatar 100%, well john also blamed the fifa, wasnt all on qatar then. also its suspicious that ur saying it was the safest, john also didnt say what it took to bring security guards to the tournament, and family friendly? its not a disney movie! last sentence is unbelievable, so lots of the world having laws discriminating and oppressive towards them makes it okay if we just do the same? fuck man u for real? so it would've been okay if for instance qatar discriminated against christians, cuz with your logic, most islamic countries do that, and they are still a group of ppl like the lgbt. so would that be okay, it actually would be okay according to your fucked up logic
Hi John, I’m a Bangladeshi who moved to Chicago at the age of 14 back in 2014. My connecting flight was in Qatar, and I flew with hundreds of Bangladeshi people who were so excited, filled with hope for a better future for themselves and their families as they were traveling to Qatar for their new job opportunities. My heart hurts to imagine how their hopes were shattered over the years, and to wonder how many of the poor Bangladeshi men and women I traveled with that day have died due to these conditions there. Thank you for sharing their stories, and for giving migrant workers from Bangladesh and the rest of the underprivileged countries the voice they never had.
@@TrainerAQ use your single brain cell. not even close of comparison. Martha vineyard is a paradise. Preaching diversity yet turning migrant away is kind of ironic.
Apparently, while living in Chicago, you are never bothered by the thought that the US has committed and continued to commit a long list of war crimes all over the world but will host the next World Cup. 1 MILLION dead Iraqis in an illegal war mean nothing as does the reality that the US is still occupying Eastern Syria at this very moment and stealing their resources.
Oh come on, they all knew full well what they would face and still chose to go there. South Asians have been going to the Middle East for work since 1970s. Its has always been like this over there and everyone knows about it. No one cheated them or lied to them.
To add some context to the environment those stadium workers had to deal with: I was deployed there as a Navy Corpsman in a USMC unit back in 2014. The Navy/Marines use a system called the WBGT (Wet Bulb Globe Test) index. When it is over 90, all non-essential activity is prohibited as a severe risk of heat stroke, dehydration, etc. This is known as "Black Flag". Over the summer (we arrived in August), it was Black Flag before the sun even rose, and was often into the low 130s. The heat is exacerbated by the extreme humidity (it was often over 90% humidity when we were there), so your sweat doesn't evaporate, which means your body can't cool off naturally, and you have an increased risk of heat injuries. When that man said it felt like it was raining, that's not an exaggeration. As soon as you left an air-conditioned space, your clothes soaked through with sweat in 5-10 minutes. It felt like what I imagine being in an oven would be like. Our commanding officer cancelled a lot of our training, includeing MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program). We were finishing up a Brown Belt course, and about to start Black Belt, and we were having heat injuries, even training at 5 a.m. to avoid the heat. In my time in the military I've been to CA, NM, AZ, TX, FL, IL, WA, NC, Guantanamo Bay, Japan, and Qatar (and many more places aside from military service). No place on Earth had weather as miserable as Qatar... it's not even close. It's hard to imagine working outside all day in such a hellscape. I feel for all the workers who had to endure that.
As a Nepali, hearing and seeing dead Nepalese body entering country now and then, hearing the stories of the family members of the deceased people. I am so glad that John Oliver and HBO decided to shed light on this topic.
😂 such a stupid and frustrated attempt from u western .. I’m from Qatar 🇶🇦 If theses workers feel very very bad why their country doesn’t ban them from coming here in my country whyyyyyyyy 🤣 I’m living as a king in my country cuz my country responsible about me But others we have contracts with them if they r not happy with that their country can do something not u western ( the most criminals countries in the planet )
Were they not supposed to tell us the results? They reported about the human rights abuses related to world cup construction while it was happening and then they reported what happened during the world cup. Their job is to report the news, they aren't policymakers
@@nowandaround312 key word there: *enthusiastically* No one is blaming the journalists for covering the actual world cup but mookymooky is pointing out how quickly and without thought the media and everyone else moved away from the slavery issue in Qatar. In literally minutes, people went from outraged to engrossed in football and as long as humanity has that nature, the corrupt officials of FIFA and Qatar will live long uninterrupted lives
USA is getting the World Cup next year, they haven’t even fixed the homeless problem or the working conditions. They also lock up journalists. Nothing new here.
My mom was deployed to Qatar when I was younger, and she used to write home and tell us about how birds would just fall out of the sky dead when they hit these pockets of particularly strong heat. I can't even begin to imagine laboring there.
@@whatthebeepvideos She was an airman actually (they get hilariously uptight about those things lol, she was in the airforce not army so technically not "soldier"), either a Captain or Major at that point. But yeah to @Kyle Stubbs, this was in like 2003 or 2004
Australia consistently bids to host the world cup but we keep losing out to other countries. I guess we just cannot match their shady under the table bribes!
I think I've never seen someone who looked gayer, but yeah, his statement was very compelling. Edit: It just occurred to me though: The fate of a gay Qatari is probably preferable to that of a migrant worker being worked to death in desert heat. Not to belittle the situation, but you're a citizen of one of the (if not the) countries with the richest population in the world, but you have to hide your sexual orientation. Not ideal, to be sure, but you can basically just move to a different country and live there comfortably with your significant wealth. Whereas the migrants have the choice between starvation and slavery...
@@fishgangstaytps2691 wow I think you just raised the bar for shit takes that no one asked for. You should probably never comment on anything ever again.
@@Itcouldbebunnies Interesting. But I wasn't talking about him personally. Just in general. I would get a nice job and not tell my family. Again, not saying that it's great, just the lesser evil in this case.
I remember telling my teacher back in school that he was getting old and out of touch if he believed that things like racism would still exist when I got to be his age. I am now his age and I owe him an apology.
racism will probably always be a thing, but slavery could have disappeared, if it was one of top priorities of Humanity. but it's not. I still can't buy new shoes.
@@jayreagan5999 They are smart. But they are egocentrical as well. If you tell the boss of a company that you will give him 10 Million Dollar but that money will be deducted from his employees... well, it takes a strong man to say no.
You not only owe him an apology, but you also owe his children an apology. You will owe his grandchildren, and his grandchildren’s grandchildren an apology, because as long as there are people racism will never go away. The fact that people act self-righteous and pretend to be moral and good is nothing but a show. Deep down in their subconscious, even the most “non-racist” person will still prefer people who look like him and belong to his culture. It’s the same thing as a non-believer who will start praying the second their life is in danger. 😊
My brother in law from the Philippines used to work in Qatar, same process as paying the agency fee to work there. and after 2 years the owner of the company died and the kids sold the company they were not paid for 6 months because the company filed bankruptcy and they got stuck in a camp too. They had to rely on other Filipinos and families back home to lend them money so they can buy food. He had to sign a contract to forgo his pay so he can get a ticket to go home.
"I won't say that Qatar definitely got the World Cup through bribery, but I won't say that they didn't and I will say that they did." God, I love this.
"The workers are living in a comfortable, healthy, environment" has the same energy as "Our slaves are happy to be here, look at how joyfully they sing"
How do you think Dubai and Kuwait were built? Just like the US economy, on the back of slavery. Good to see Westerners pretending like they give a fuck about Nepali workers in Qatar tho
Fun fact: The FIFA is considered a non-profit association in Switzerland, where the head office is (and where I live). Legally it is the same as the children's soccer club in my neighbourhood or an evening book-club. And like these other charitable association, the FIFA does only pay limited taxes, despite posting billions of revenue.
Switzerland, bank and money launderer for organized crime, dictators and general scumbags since the 1700s. Also a proud history of professional advice on tax evasion. Also, tasty chocolate!
Hi im from Nepal 🇳🇵Thanks for covering issues of migrant workers . Hope the concerned authority act on this. Also i feel sad our nepalese migrant workers , brothers and sisters had to go through these pain due to incompetent and corrupt leaders and government of nepal who forced people out of country coz of unemployment....
Qatar offer opportunities to poor countries, yet 😅 people complain if the issue is real then the Nepal government would have moved. Source trust me im from Nepal 🙄
@@mosheed-dragon8438 what do you mean by providing opportunities that comes with death of people.. pathetic thought.. i even doubt if you are from nepal, you would have felt the pain. Its DEATH of people we are talking here Also Nepal government is too incompetent to talk about these issues in international level.
@@purudeepgautam6439you seem pretty educated, why not protest in your country then. You are saying your country is incompetent shouldn't be the first step to improve it.
"Say what you want about John"? I've never heard anyone say anything bad about John Oliver (well, we know Pierce Morgan, that douc_hebag, doesn't like him, but other than him... and maybe the Royal family and... OK he's not that popular, probably even hated, a good, common base for a Voodoo doll but still...he's quite tolerable). You know what, I agree with you. I take it back.
that reporter interrupting his joyous screams to yell instead "OI HE GOT ME SCARF!! OI THAT'S ME MUMS!!!" and then John revealing the Scarf made me laugh so hard that I had to use my inhaler
@sarafinasummers7863 Oh, man. Coughing with weed smoke inhaled? I felt that pain as I read your words. The worst part is immediately knowing full-well that your coughing session is definitely going to last several minutes.
@@tarikmcentire9238 Did you know that the US is the only western country that had a declining life expectancy even before the pandemic? It's also the only one that hasn't reached 80 years of average life expectancy. Poland is even about to catch up to you guys. You may have a powerful army and an elite living in luxury, but the living conditions of the average american is a level below an actual first world country.
@@sbs-0055 As i pointed out in my last comment, even eastern Europe is catching up to the US, did you really think my household hasn't left you guys in the dust?
I used to live in Rio, Brazil and it would hit 50 degrees in the summer some days. The government would send out water trucks to dose the businesses and some people who asked to get sprayed. It was so incredibly hot and humid that if just got out of the shower and dried yourself off. By the time you wrapped the towel and started walking to your room your entire body would be sweaty. (No most people don't have AC, and if they do its just in room of the house to save costs) I can't imagine doing any actual labour in that type of environment without straight up passing out. Reminds me of the old movies of Egyptian slaves working to build temples in the heat while getting whipped. So damn sad
David Beckham did a TV cooking show in Japan called SMAP Cooking. He said "It's good" so many times that the celebrities cooking asked if he could say anything else.
He's the British version of the American football star who was "passed" through college with dismal grades because of his skills on the football field.
I lived in qatar when I was younger for several years and have witnessed this "slavery" first hand, and it's true. I remember seeing 20-30-40 dudes living in a small dirty trailer outside of construction sites and seeing them working outside in the blistering heat and hearing stories regularly about people dying on the job. It's heartbreaking. I remember feeling so bad for those people it made me cry and decide from a young age I want to change the world and help those people and all people in shitty situations. Treat others the way you'd like to be treated and be the way you'd like others to be.
Being from India, the living conditions are largely known here, but enough people are desperate for the money even if there is a known risk of not getting paid all that is promised.
Some will laugh because they'd never even dream of working with temperatures like that. Others will laugh because they didn't know how hot 50° Celsius is. Guessing most are both.
I friend of mine worked as a technical supervisor in a highly specialized field, on the construction of the airport. He had brought his whole family from Denmark and was planning on working a year there. He came back after 2-3 weeks. He couldn't believe how shitty the working conditions were. And he'd worked basically all over the world.
One of my family members had pretty much the same experience. Also from Denmark. He was only gonna be there for 6 monyhs though. But he also left after a few weeks.
Damn, even the danish get treated like shit there... i kinda like the lack of racial/wealth discrimination. Everyone gets treated equally inhumane lmao
@@damjanp7920 I'm thinking they may have left over moral compunction, not personal discomfort. From what I understand, they treat white/Western workers very well, as they want to continue making a good impression on the rest of the world.
@@Cavemanner On the Western world you mean. Because there's 2bn+ people of Indian, Bangladesh and Nepal they didn't worry about making a bad impression on.
David Beckham puts on a fake accent. You can look it up on TH-cam. There is at least one video comparing his natural accent with his artificially put on one.
We are so lucky to have a show like yours, who is not afraid to speak the truth. I'm very proud about the freedom of expression which often is taken for granted in the West.
Freedom of speech depends on your race in the west similar to all countries in the world. I mean the amount of articles and interviews I have seen plus experiences I have seen people suffer, for example how the UK reacted to Ukraine and said things like we have to help because they look like us or have light eyes/blond hair or look European. I mean definitely help I'm not disputing that if able you should help where you can, we alll should. However, not due to the way the people look plus what about offering the same help and making just as big of a deal with others from other countries who UK and US have attacked and caused issues for such as Iraq. Clearly Qatar like many other countries have the issues. In fact no country is remotely even close to perfect. Qatar as shown has major issues with the locals letting their wealth, authority and power get to their heads whilst forgetting their religion that encourages them to be kind and good to all humans. The west is not without issues to. I've seen it with my eyes how minorities are bullied and treated, I mean Islamaphobia has been going on for so long it's crazy that it's only now been given a name. Some of the racism and human inequalities are just more tactical in the west because the west has learnt to deflect and be undercover unfortunately. I say unfortunately because I am from the west and it does need to be better along with all the world. Therefore, we can't advise others when we have so many institutionally inhumane, racist, gender, culture, powertrip issues to.
@@KAte-ng9zg if you’re trying to compare modern western countries to the Middle East then you are gonna lose this argument very quickly. The West May have had major human rights issues 60 years ago but we aren’t talking about 60 years ago since they’ve corrected it. The Middle East and much of the world still lives in Medieval times where they kill for being gay or steal your passport and force you to work as a slave.
The first time I watch last week tonight was when John Oliver did an episode about the corruption in the world cup of Brazil 2014 ,he also mentioned the poor conditions of the workers who built the stadiums. From that moment I followed the show and with this episode you realize that none of that has changed at all.
Interesting with with the Brazil World Cup, it was questionable them building the stadium in Manaus but at least they also had the Olympics coming and there was a very tiny case to be made for extending access to football matches to the north. How on earth is Qatar going to generate revenue from all 6 of these stadiums after the Cup is over being such a small country?
@@christophertheriault3308 even here, the maintenance cost of the stadium fucked over Manaus, specially during the pandemic, and it's, as expected, barely utilized at all.
_From that moment I followed the show and with this episode you realize that none of that has changed at all_ That is kind of the whole irony hosting a major tournament like this. You can either: A) Be inclusive and open up the hosting process to less favored nations, but you will always get the mistreatment of workers, corruption and whole etc with the deal or B) Host the World Cup only in places like Norway, Germany or New Zealand.
The journalist is a seasoned war reporter, going to front lines all over the world. It says a thing or two, when the network decides to send a war reporter to a football tournament... They needed someone who could handle some heat :P
"There's something pretty fucked up about arguing it's too hot for peak athletes to be outside for 90 minutes but you know what it's completely fine for people to build stadium in that heat". That pretty much sums up up most major sports events IMO.
"I just don't wanna be on camera pretending to try to lie while you ask about how evil my country and entire culture is. I'm better than this; I'm accustomed to slave rimjobs during interviews.""
I always like watching you. Everything has a good and bad side, and you get to the heart of it and don't back down because the topics are difficult. Plus, I still laugh, even though it's a little depressing.
The fact that so many people lost their lives because FIFA officials took bribes is tragic. What sticks in my craw even more is that after the tournament those stadiums will be abandoned like in previous host countries. The wealthy organisers will have profited and the poor will die for nothing.
What sticks in my craw even more is that John said he was going to watch anyway. As long as the insane fans can't get a decent sense of proportion and realize that their sport isn't as important as people's lives, nothing will change.
@@dunbar9finger not necessarily (although I agree with you and I wont watch any games). the world cup in its current form is a financial catastrophe, countries like south africa, brazil or russia spent billions and barley earned anything (ticket profits are for the fifa, fifa earns a few billions without any costs). even germany lost money and they had stadiums, infrastructure etc. the reason why those countries do that is bc they hope to be seen more modern, meaning if we really pointing out how terrible this all is, maybe those people will stop investing in it. long stretch but maybe...
@@itsmyboardwhotalk yes, it's a P.R. purchase plain and simple. lots of international sporting competitions are this way, including the Olympics though they do make much more of an effort to pretend like human rights really matters nowadays as if that'll make any difference. and yet athletes will continue to compete in them as long as they have incentive to do so, and people will continue to watch them. it's almost like stadium sporting competitions were invented to be an opium for the masses so they didn't realize how shitty their lives are and overthrow their governments or something. oh, that's right, they were. can we stop pretending these things are otherwise now?
I read an interesting section of a book that talked about how hosting major sporting events and sports teams improves people’s level of happiness. In the US, there’s lots of promise of creating jobs around these things, and they’re false promises, and many now protest against hosting because of that. But maybe if we accept it’s a way to get a buzz without risking addiction, more democracies would be willing to splash the cash to compete with the dictatorships that are trying to sports-wash.
A german comedian said it best I believe when he said he was pissed at FIFA for "forcing people to make a moral descision on whether or not to watch football".
If he only realized that now it means he wasn"t paying attention before. Professional soccer has always been an insult to intelligence, and to the sport itself.
It’s Oliver Welke, and he‘s right. Gotta hand it to FIFA; they’re making millions off their moral bankruptcy and still get to tell fans „well, you watched, so you‘re complicit“. Evil masterminds.
I'm super proud of my team (Bolivia) for boycotting this World Cup by not qualifying at all. I mean, they boycotted so hard they probably ended up last in the CONMEBOL as a whole.
I still remember when it hit 45 degrees celsius here in Sydney back in 2013. It was so oppressively hot that it was difficult to even move let alone conduct physical work....
It rarely happens that a Danish journalist goes viral. He is usually a war reporter reporting in full military gear and helmet. This clip is surreal in many ways.
I live in the Middle East and I remember once going to a birthday party that was outdoors. It was so hot that I I had to constantly go indoors to breathe and avoid passing our. And I met 2 guys who were in the party who worked in construction. They’re ere wearing suits. Suits! In 100 degree weather. I asked them how they could stand the heat. They just smiled and said “we work in construction in the Middle East”
I’m a gulf citizen and I am so glad that the western media is shedding light on the abusive Kafala system. Our governments are only reactionary to global pressures and hopefully the events in Qatar can drive our leaders to abolish this exploitation driven system.
I know it used to be a thinkg in KSA, but Qatar as well? and like why do the gov do that? UAE doesn't..so why are Qatar and KSA so hesitant to abolish it?
@@sumomaster5585 lol how ignorant are you? Who said UAE doesn't??? You think all these buildings popped up on their own? Visit Sonapur in Dubai and ask them about Kafala.
@@Mirsab buildings popping up don't necessarily mean the workers had to be under Kafala...I have some friends who got office jobs there and my understanding is there isn't kafala system there...maybe I am wrong
I'm glad that you're happy to see us putting the Gulf in the spotlight so much. I'm actually starting to feel bad for the good citizens of Qatar, because sadly they're going to have to whether the staining of their countries politics even if they have nothing to do with them.
Couldn't watch the World Cup this time. Watched a game in Brazil, followed Russia, but I can't stop thinking about FIFA and the people who died to build this cash grab scheme. Thank you, John
Good for you! Any view is revenue and if they profit, they continue. Can’t keep watching and say you don’t IN SOME WAY, support what they have done. Personally, I do not love anything enough to support that.
You shouldn't have watched Brazil and Russia either. And when the World Cup comes to the US, you shouldn't watch that one too. They torture innocents over there (a war crime).
@@morpheus6749 Well you say that but the rest of the world is exposed to this retardation regularly and learn to convert, same goes for currency exchange rates n the like, globalism be like that, regardless of how much of a cousin fucker you try to be :D
@Free M8son: Yeah, they are definitely not okay! They're a chodeful cuck-servative coward who gets spicy whenever anyone, especially strangers on the internet who they'll never be confronted by, question(s) anything, any idea or opinion, that they have. Or they're just a cowardly troll, merely just doing nothing more than trolling for their _`shits & giggles`._ Those are the only two options.
@@moroteseoinage I legitimately didn’t believe people like you actually existed. Apparently I’m wrong, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Putting pressure on countries like Qatar and UAE (that's Dubai and few other Emirates) actually works. Years ago, as the result of focus on workers rights, UAE enacted a series of reforms. For example, outdoors work had to stop when/if temperatures rose above 42 C (which is already very hot.) Mysteriously, ever since then, the official temperature report in UAE hardly ever goes above 42 C.
This law has been in Saudi Arabia since over 15 years. Don't think that these governments don't care about its people unless west put pressure on them. The west who has a very nice history of treating other nations' people. I don't know about UAE, but I think they are the same.
@@sohaimalshehri9103 History of treating people nicely? Are you deranged? Are you familiar with colonialism? Even now, they mistreat their own, forget about foreigners. As Carl Jung once said, "The west is a tech giant, but a moral dwarf".
"I love being in the middle of ... Nowhere... And eating and talking... This is... Perfect for me." Had me dying!! It's like the man is contractually obligated by Satan to ONLY be permitted to express himself in sentences of "I love [insert present circumstances]!!" or "I love [insert food or cuisine, regardless of present circumstances]!!" Like if he strays from this by even the slightest deviation, the secret FIFA sniper is just gonna take him out on the spot.
You are foreshadowing the next ad with beckham, where he will be filming in hell. "I love being tied to a pole and being poked by sticks and have my eyes gauged out.... This is .. Perfect for me."
Having seen both, I observed that the west and women specifically seem to think the rich oil states ME are far more horrible than they actually are.....yes there are some restrictions about politics and on women but all in all, their lives aren't much different from what you have in the west. Actually in most cases it's much better given their crazy wealth. As for the horrible conditions for migrants, sadly they would've had the same horrible conditions even in their own countries. I grew up in a very poor country myself and been to India before....I am not saying what the oil states are doing is in any way or shape correct, no far from it but the reality is the world is cruel for most of us.
Thank you sir for highlighting the story of migrant workers. My uncles son died of cardiac arrest working in harsh conditions. Read a horrific story in reputed Nepali newspaper of how they punished Nepali workers if they left and worked in another company because of low salary and harsh living conditions. They would make the workers sit in hot midday sun 45-50 degree Celsius. The Nepali migrant workers would faint. Then they would take the body to shaded place revive them with cold water. After he gained conscious they would put him back to the sun. These people are monsters. I have decided to boycott watching world cup 2022.
@@thesituation2009 They have raised this issue for last 8 years. Unfortunately no one in the west or the east cared about it till now. The western media is doing this virtue signaling now but in a month all will be forgotten.
You do realize that John said he was still going to watch and therefore support this FIFA event. That makes him a hypocritical scumbag as bad as any of the people he rails against. Missing one sporting event is going way too far in the way of sacrifice for him? Pathetic he owes everyone an apology for that.
About the "One Love" Armbands: Fifa has apparently threatened teams who wear those with penalties. Not just financial ones. Yellow cards for any players who wear them, maybe even red cards. And talk behind the scenes is that they even threatened to take away points from teams. So yeah, we know where Fifa stands.
The response should be that all the players wear them anyway. They can either issue every single one of them yellow cards or send the team back home. Either way it would be a massive embarrassment to FIFA and Qatar and it would be an effective way to protest.
I worked for the World Cup three years ago. On digital platforms and based in Europe, so I had nothing to do with what happened in the country. Anyway, our supervisors asked Amnesty International about the situation and they said, since the agency was already working for FIFA and DFB (German Football Association) that it can’t get morally worse from here. Organized Football isn’t sport, it’s cancer.
bread and circus. football fans coping might answer that it's "I'm 14 ans it's deep" type content, doesn't change the fact it's the truth, liquid bread and games.
I was at World Cup. You nailed a lot of the perspectives. Qatar should’ve never got the tournament. Oppressive and government control. Disorganized and inefficient processes Pure corruption. So many tourists from around the world expressed their negative Experience and perspectives
Dad went there in the 1980s from Thailand. They took his passport, refused pay and he came back home in debt after months of working. Good to know that 40 years later, this country still hasn't change. 40 years of progresssssss.
It’s a disgraceful country. The nerve that a lot of Arab countries allowed for international workers to be treated this way. They have money too they just look down on people which is rich coming from evil people like that.
@@immaculatepeter5529 “rich coming from people like that” says a lot about you writing a statement like that. Most of the people here have never been to any of these countries and somehow know everything going on there.
@@عمر-ل9ع2ي sooooo do you have a defence for the countries consistently committing human rights violations or are you just going to be angry that people are pointing it out?
I'm from Germany and I usually love watching the World Cup with family and friends, but I decided not to this year. It's truly heartbreaking, when you see a sport you love and that brings people together being absolutely rotten and corrupt.
Amen! I absolutely love football, and it feels horrible like to enjoy something that should bring so much joy worldwide because of the terrible tragedies it caused.
I was one of many Butlers at a 5-Star Island resort for the Prince of Qatar and his entourage in the very early 2000s. While I never met the Prince personally, his staff were rude and belittling throughout their stay of one week. We essentially needed to work 24-7 as we had much to prepare and organise during the daylight hours, and would need to be on-call for anything in the evening. As their home is so hot during the day, the Prince had a very nocturnal timetable. We even had a beach volleyball court set up for his staff and family with lighting, multiple chefs, and the butlers to attend to their needs as they like to operate when it's cool. The women where courteous, but so reserved and veiled.under the watchful eyes of the security staff. After a few days I was sleep deprived and quite over the rudeness of the security detail. They do not care about anyone but themselves. They did tip us very handsomely in mid 5-figures each which was ridiculous money. I gave half of it to a few animal care charities, as I felt that it was too much, and that it was a payoff for being treated like a piece of shit for a week. When they left in a multi-billion dollar yacht, I was so relieved. Slept for 22-hours straight after. To this day, I still can't talk about anything specific I witnessed or experienced during that time. We all had to sign a binding NDA that lasts for 50-years. These royals don't mess about.
I don't think I've ever heard a Brit mock another Brit's accent before 😂🤣🤣 That was too funny Edit: It's common sense that people in the UK have different accents. Why do some of you keep bringing that up when no one said otherwise?? 😂
@@jarenlee8229 to get that, Americans would need to know that there's no common "breehdish accent", but they're always referring to some kind of English accent
What? You should watch The Big Fat Quizzes then. Sometimes a very posh person asks the question and half the panel wouldn't understand because, well, they're not all posh people from the south, are they?
The sad part about all of this is that Qatar banning beer sales during the tournament is far more likely to have lasting effects on the selection process than the human rights abuses...
Have you heard the latest about-face? Turns out, beer sales will proceed after all, but only in the VIP and VVIP sections. So, no alcohol for the proles, only for the ones who paid thousands of euros for the tickets.
I don't mind banning alcohol in a muslim country that in general is against alcohol but to then allow it for VIPs just shows how corrupted they are and that it is not about religious beliefs.
When the story began, I thought that I would probably sell out for a million dollars too. Then you showed what the laborers go through and I was like "No way, not even for a million dollar bribe". Those assholes on the committee must be some next level evil.
Thy work in poorer conditions in thier home countries or arw jobless, thats why they chooaw this, my cousin worked in dubai for 5 yeara, lifes good if you are a skilled labour
I used to live in UAE from 1989 to 1993 and the Kafala system was the norm for all non-European and American citizens. The passport is taken and kept by the employer, and they would give it when you go on vacation and take it back upon return. I worked in IT, so life wasn't so bad, but have seen so many live in squalid conditions in and around Dubai. Don't want to take my family to the Middle East until the human rights situation improves. The western media has turned a blind eye towards labor living conditions in most of the middle eastern countries. Thanks John! FIFA is probably the most corrupt organization in the world. Money matters more to David Beckham & Morgan Freeman as if they don't have enough!
As a Westerner, I don't know if it's as much a blind eye as an overloaded eye. There are labor and privacy violations in China, minority violations in the middle east, dictators in South America, warlords and exploitation in Africa, human rights violations and a potentially global war in Russia, and that's just off the top of my head and not including all the issues we're dealing with here of gun violence, transphobia, union busting, racism, domestic terrorism, corrupt politicians, and so on.
@@FortWhenTeaThyme You either support democracy or you don't. If you decide to purchase something that involved slave labor then you don't support democracy. When we give power to people who don't support democracy then they can and will use that power against us. It can be overwhelming at times to navigate certain markets or other things, but we can move away from consumption and buy locally.. We don't have to give up everything we like. We can be more selective and make more effort. If we want our old years calm and our offspring to have good lives, we can't be that ignorant.
@@FortWhenTeaThyme Bad things happen everywhere, we all know this. So what is the point you are making? Should this episode have not been made to highlight this particular horrifying issue bc everyone does bad things? The world cup and rich persian gulf countries and their major cities (like Doha and Dubai) have a certain glimmer to them, in a way that make it easy to be dazzled by their sparkle and overlook these serious human rights violations. We deserve to be given a grim reality check when innocent people are trapped and suffering before we are all too blinded by the tall glittering skylines, the state-of-the-art stadiums and the rather westernized style of shopping and dining experiences that are so common in this part of the world.
this channel shows what dirty mindset americans have, they show wrong indian map and they didnt mention that about 20-30% migrant workers came from pakistan. this shows who they protect and who they demonise
Thank you to the LWT team for reporting on this. Im Malayalee and my family has so many people who have worked and dealt with the shittiness of working in countries like UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. It’s appalling and disgusting what my people have done to essentially build there economy, only for their bodies to be collateral for elf wages. It’s a shame, especially bc we’re Muslim, and I find that these nations use their religion to justify slavery and homophobia especially against other Muslims.
Thank you so much for shedding light on this topic. Middle Eastern countries do that with a servant program, bringing Ethiopians into their country and taking away their passport. A lot of abuse happens and is never reported.
And yet people brag about traveling to Dubai and Qatar and other places. Shameful. Nobody should travel to these places as they are indirectly supporting this behavior. Disgusting.
"I love food culture. I love spice market." "David Beckham, are you just looking at things in Qatar and saying that you love them?" "I love being in the middle of nowhere."
I feel like this video omitted a crucial avenue of potential reform: sponsors. FIFA may be corrupt and unaccountable, but they love money, and major advertisers are much more responsive to criticism, particularly in the West. FIFA's major sponsors include Visa, Adidas, and Hyundai Kia. It would be much more productive to push those sponsors than hope for FIFA to see the error of its ways.
Sponsers are often just as corrupt. Coca Cola is toxic and yet it's sold everywhere. Sponsors will put on a show of potentially pulling advertising but they don't cancel a sponsorship, cause others will now be gaslight into thinking they did some net positive while being morally bankrupt. The rich don't play fair, they play for keeps and Coca Cola will keep all sponsorship deals unless federally and internationally dismantled.
You should watch his 3 part segment on FIFA and how the beauty of football as a unifying sport is tarnished by that organization. Those are 3 of his best videos
I use a VPN to connect and this morning when I couldn't find this episode it took me a moment to realize I wasn't connected to a US server. A quick change and good to go. It made me wonder how many countries are geo-locked and prevented from seeing this. That number should be 0. But at least elsewhere in the world people can use VPN services to bypass these restrictions. I hope it gets seen a lot from Qatar and other countries in that region.
@@FridgeChic The US, of all places. I occasionally switch to foreign servers just to mess with the algorithms in my newsfeeds, though last World Cup I pretended to be browsing from downtown London to stream the game live.
Honestly one of the most clippable moments in this video is when John says how hot that Celsius temp is in Fahrenheit and the crowd reacts. Great video thank you for educating me yet again John
I worked in the Sultanate of Oman, a country close to Qatar, and the living conditions he's talking about are true. I remember when I worked in a small village I found a neibourghood that I thought was full of abandoned houses, until I discovered it's where the workers lived. Sometimes no roof, the walls were crumbling down, and no running water. Truly disgusting
It just shows how much they don't see the labourers as people. They have ALL the money in the world to give them decent housing. Why not give the people, that are responsible for their country to to even work, a fair treatment? Even if that would've cost them a billion dollars, or more. It wouldn't have been a problem. This World Cup is not a financial business for Qatar. They invested $300 billion in it. The revenue that the tournament makes, goes, at least to the largest extend, directly to FIFA. That is why Brazilian people didn't want to host the World Cup in 2014 in the first place. They pay all the money via taxes and the money goes FIFA. Well, not only that the 2030 WC will probably being held in Saudi Arabia. The 2026 one is in parts played in Mexico. While an absolute football nation, it's also a corrupt narco state with 20,000 cartel murders every year. Those are numbers higher than in the Afghanistan war. So the next World Cup is going to take place in a civil war country. Attaboy FIFA!
My best friend is an archeologist and works in Saudia . The workers helping him and the other researcher are horrendous, to the point that the archeologist went on strike so the workers would have security equipement and water while working on old ruins on the desert. it's just awful.
The first story I ever watched from John Oliver was his FIFA episode back in 2014, when the world cup was in Brazil. I was immediately hooked on LWT after that. It's crazy that 8 years later, the show is still going strong and has even come back full circle! It's truly miserable what's happening in Qatar right now, but encouraging to know that people like John Oliver are still here to help expose it.
Well who’s fault is it that this keeps happening? Appears to be a pattern now and none of the fans, teams care, nor media actually cares. They are too busy ragging on US sports while promoting how amazing the world cup is. Even Oliver the hypocrite, did it at the top of this segment.
Really impressed with real football fans that didn't watch the world cup. I only watch a match or two from the world cup, so easy for me to boycott, but I know full on hardcore football fans that didn't watch, very impressive.
@@brekerr I lost respect for John Oliver after this episode. This was just pure propaganda. Qatar really went out if their way to host and gift fans with expensive gifts. It was voted the best world cup in history for a reason because fans got to finally see Messi achieve his dream. 1. Qatari officials addressed and clarified that the false news reports and propaganda made by some American and UK news outlets was based on a false statistic that was total number of deaths of immigrants in the country in past *10* years, which they falsely claimed to be around 6000. In reality the number of immigrants died while building stadium projects in Qatar due to mishaps or whatever reason on record by businesses labour union organisation was only 34.
@@blackpanthar906 it wasn't just the US and UK media I saw it on French and German news. But more to the point reputable independent organizations such as amnesty international were saying the same and it wasn't just the forced labour and conditions that are an issue. Qatar has an appallingly human rights record. Like I say the equation doesn't work the same for everyone but the facts are fairly well established.
@@brekerr I don't remember Amnesty International saying anything about 6000 immigrant deaths. It was only some of these media outlets that were refuted and the propaganda failed. Qatar world cup saw some of the highest attended matches in history of FIFA world cup. That's a fact you can't deny. * It saved thousands of dollars for fans who would otherwise have to travel thousands of miles in a country like US or Austria. * It reduced carbon footprint or emissions of greenhouse gases that Fans would emmit travelling very long distances. I do agree thar human rights in Qatar are not up to same standard as western countries. But I would say it's far better when it comes to human rights in Israel. Yet you will see all western media hooting for Israel hosting such an even and not not one of them will dare to speak about aparthied, human rights violations or even the poor condition of thai immigrant labour in Israel that goes through the same issues as in many Gulf countries. Or the human rights violations of blacks or ethiopian Jews in Israel who go through terrible racism. All the teeth of western media fall down when it comes to Israel. Human rights violations in Israel is worse than Qatar on both domestic and international level. As it affects freedom of speech in west and internationally while human rights violations in Qatar though may exist, they don't affect your freedom of speech or freedom of press in US to speak against it. That's the major difference.
John Oliver is King of bringing us the real hard news and making it a little easier to digest although it gives me heartburn with it's sadness I always come back for more. Thank you ✌❤
Those deaths of the workers/slaves should've gotten the country charged with human rights crimes, crimes against humanity. Punished or something like it was Hitler all over again because just because it's a lesser evil doesn't make it better. It shouldn't happen.
I'm a Kenya who works in Qatar, and John has got it right again. Last week John talked on what happened to us in the past and now the present.... thank you.
Be safe working out there.
Oh but you do love the sweet sweet money. If you don’t like it, why don’t you find a job back in your country or your neighbours? Oh wait, conditions are actually worse
@@TheZachary86 because he doesn’t have his passport or visa because they got taken by the government?
@@TheZachary86 ah yes, blame the victims of slave trade
@@TheZachary86 What an unfathomably shit take. Please go and think about why your opinion is so incredibly terrible.
They didn't smash the camera. Tantholdt (the journalist) stood his ground and they left. He kept reporting. We like him here in Denmark.
Good for him.
He did a great job.
I loved that he turned it around on them.
He was just like "okay, smash it then", like he didn't care. That was either bold, or he has that threat all the time 😂 either way, that was legend
I hope Denmark will do well in this world cup. There's a good chance they will, too!
@@hunger4wonder yes. Danish reporters in general have big balls. As do the photografers. Good folk!
"A cartel-like group of scumbags and assorted criminals who ocassionaly put on soccer matches." This is by far the best FIFA's description I've ever heard of.
I believe it's assorted criminals, not assaulted.
@@TaroTrejo unfortunately you're correct
And yet people are fine with it. As long as they get to watch football (or soccer for the USA) they're willing to look past everything FIFA and Quatar do. Making up watever excuse they can that will allow them to watch it and not lose any sleep over it. That i find even more disgusting.
It's a good description for the game as well
@@DutchDreadnaught What do you think , all those oppressed women, gay, workers will be better if the light is shared on the problem or not ? By ignoring that the problem exist it won't be gone? I wonder if just hosting and seeing other people will maybe change a thing or two.
Fifa will always be corrupted - to much money - nobody to control.
HBO is legendary for putting whole episodes of Last Week Tonight on TH-cam.
It’s not the whole episode, it’s the whole of the main topic.
It’s missing a short bit of unrelated topic that is at the beginning
They used to upload all segments back in the day, other segments, cutaway gags and interviews
@@JJJBunney001 it also used to not take 1-3 months for territories outside the US to get to watch them too.
And without ads 👌🏻
@@myrixica4222 This. Please, curb your gratitude
Im from the Philippines, and the kafala system has been in place and exploiting a lot of my countrymen since the late 80's. And not only in Qatar but most of the countries in the Arabian Peninsula. I admire John for putting a light on this issue, but I dont think any change will be coming soon.
Slavery is just too damn convenient and cost effective for the slavers.
That is why it took the nations of Europe so many centuries to (legally) abolish it.
I hope for your countrymen‘s sake and for the world that somehow, miraculously a concerted effort is made by the more influential nations in the world to render the kafala system economically non-viable (e.g. by imposing santions).
The Philippines has also been routinely taken advantage of by the United States, too. *The USA was founded on genocide and slavery* and the devastation they have committed in the Philippines and other countries should not be ignored.
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@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 yeah..not anyone alive today...perhaps Amerixa should have left them in Japanese control?!?!?!? SO STFU
@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 So now it is the middle east's turn?
Loved that guy's face when he said to the reporter.."you have been to the housing area?"
"shit, we are made, I repeat we are made! Disperse, disperse!"
How bad are these workers' home countries that they come to Qatar for the hope of a better life and providing for their families? o_O
@@williamyoung9401 they don't want a better life there they want to send money from qatar, same reason there are european workers in america supply and demand, india, bangladesh, and nepal are making constructions but qatar is making even more of them so the competition there is less serious
Only once they're hired they realize there is basically no pay, they're enslaved, and they have no or limited contact outside
Well, what John failed to mention is that most of these employers were actually from Western countries. Qataris just paid the money to contractors for a project they wanted built. Therefore, it is unfair to just criticise Qatar and not hold the foreign contractors accountable too! BTW it was the safest, most family-friendly & best world cup to date! As far as the lgbt issue - most of the world have a law/restriction against them.
@@az..0N3 Qatar employee's are on other jobs across the country too other than the world cup, with qatari employers this time, same kafala system, same shit. its on qatar 100%, well john also blamed the fifa, wasnt all on qatar then. also its suspicious that ur saying it was the safest, john also didnt say what it took to bring security guards to the tournament, and family friendly? its not a disney movie! last sentence is unbelievable, so lots of the world having laws discriminating and oppressive towards them makes it okay if we just do the same? fuck man u for real? so it would've been okay if for instance qatar discriminated against christians, cuz with your logic, most islamic countries do that, and they are still a group of ppl like the lgbt. so would that be okay, it actually would be okay according to your fucked up logic
Hi John,
I’m a Bangladeshi who moved to Chicago at the age of 14 back in 2014. My connecting flight was in Qatar, and I flew with hundreds of Bangladeshi people who were so excited, filled with hope for a better future for themselves and their families as they were traveling to Qatar for their new job opportunities. My heart hurts to imagine how their hopes were shattered over the years, and to wonder how many of the poor Bangladeshi men and women I traveled with that day have died due to these conditions there.
Thank you for sharing their stories, and for giving migrant workers from Bangladesh and the rest of the underprivileged countries the voice they never had.
Sounds like when DeSantis lied to a bunch of Venezuelans and sent them to Martha's Vineyard instead of Boston.
@@TrainerAQ use your single brain cell. not even close of comparison. Martha vineyard is a paradise. Preaching diversity yet turning migrant away is kind of ironic.
@@TrainerAQ let's go Brandon tho 😂
Apparently, while living in Chicago, you are never bothered by the thought that the US has committed and continued to commit a long list of war crimes all over the world but will host the next World Cup.
1 MILLION dead Iraqis in an illegal war mean nothing as does the reality that the US is still occupying Eastern Syria at this very moment and stealing their resources.
Oh come on, they all knew full well what they would face and still chose to go there. South Asians have been going to the Middle East for work since 1970s. Its has always been like this over there and everyone knows about it. No one cheated them or lied to them.
"Cheering on England until they're inevitably knocked out in the quarter-finals on penalties" this aged like a fine wine
not exactly, they didn't loose on penalties (a penalty shootout) but they did indeed bow out in the quarter finals
@@pepepoopsonthefarright7531 and they missed a penalty in it
@@sagbon98 But they also scored a penalty aswell..
Joyless pedants missing the point
Kane did miss a penalty on it!
To add some context to the environment those stadium workers had to deal with: I was deployed there as a Navy Corpsman in a USMC unit back in 2014. The Navy/Marines use a system called the WBGT (Wet Bulb Globe Test) index. When it is over 90, all non-essential activity is prohibited as a severe risk of heat stroke, dehydration, etc. This is known as "Black Flag". Over the summer (we arrived in August), it was Black Flag before the sun even rose, and was often into the low 130s. The heat is exacerbated by the extreme humidity (it was often over 90% humidity when we were there), so your sweat doesn't evaporate, which means your body can't cool off naturally, and you have an increased risk of heat injuries. When that man said it felt like it was raining, that's not an exaggeration. As soon as you left an air-conditioned space, your clothes soaked through with sweat in 5-10 minutes. It felt like what I imagine being in an oven would be like.
Our commanding officer cancelled a lot of our training, includeing MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program). We were finishing up a Brown Belt course, and about to start Black Belt, and we were having heat injuries, even training at 5 a.m. to avoid the heat. In my time in the military I've been to CA, NM, AZ, TX, FL, IL, WA, NC, Guantanamo Bay, Japan, and Qatar (and many more places aside from military service). No place on Earth had weather as miserable as Qatar... it's not even close. It's hard to imagine working outside all day in such a hellscape. I feel for all the workers who had to endure that.
Thank you for this enlightening albeit terrifying description of the environmental situation in Qatar.
Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Yemen, SA - was pretty much the same.
Ty sir...
I live in Miami, I totally understand.
You and those workers have a crucial difference, He is a poor worker, and you are part of an invading force with hidden terror
The way audience's reaction changed from nothing when hearing 52C to a big *gasp* after knowing 125F was really funny.
When will (US) people start to learn Celsius...
To be fair, most people not from the US have the same reaction to Fahrenheit.
@@carschmn Sure, but the difference is that Celcius is used by almost every country in the world. So there are not many reasons to learn Fahrenheit
Ah... USians. Screw science, muh freedom units are the best!
Americans🤣🤣🤣
As a Nepali, hearing and seeing dead Nepalese body entering country now and then, hearing the stories of the family members of the deceased people. I am so glad that John Oliver and HBO decided to shed light on this topic.
Can you name 5 of them? How they died? Any official statement from their government or embassy?
@@hassanbuali9923 Do you typically collect the names and beurocratic details of deceased people you don't know personally? That's a morbid hobby.
😂 such a stupid and frustrated attempt from u western .. I’m from Qatar 🇶🇦
If theses workers feel very very bad why their country doesn’t ban them from coming here in my country whyyyyyyyy 🤣
I’m living as a king in my country cuz my country responsible about me
But others we have contracts with them if they r not happy with that their country can do something not u western ( the most criminals countries in the planet )
@@hassanbuali9923 qatari termite
@@hassanbuali9923 She can tell you that after you are done licking Qatari boots.
Update: the media forgot about the human rights abuses and covered the cup enthusiastically
Were they not supposed to tell us the results? They reported about the human rights abuses related to world cup construction while it was happening and then they reported what happened during the world cup. Their job is to report the news, they aren't policymakers
@@nowandaround312 key word there: *enthusiastically*
No one is blaming the journalists for covering the actual world cup but mookymooky is pointing out how quickly and without thought the media and everyone else moved away from the slavery issue in Qatar. In literally minutes, people went from outraged to engrossed in football and as long as humanity has that nature, the corrupt officials of FIFA and Qatar will live long uninterrupted lives
Not all media. I get my news from journalists with integrity. But, unfortunately, that's getting harder and harder to find.
Never mind that. I want to know what happened to La'eeb.
@@barthollevoetkbr961
He was sent to the same upstate farm all former sporting mascots go after their event is over.
When that reporter said "Have you been to the labor camps?" that was such a powerful question.
You know how dirty his white dress would get?
Ended an interview before it could begin, it was so to the point. 🤔
I wish he asked it BEFORE revealing he himself had been to the camps.
The look on that vile man's face. I hope the reporter had a huge security team.
only westrners can expect that guys like that go to labour camps
I cant be the only one who laughed at the Fifa representative literally choking on his words when he said "human rights".
You are the only one ☝🏽
It's like Rick forgetting the word "human" lmao
Sometimes you don't need a lie detector to catch a liar
No bro, the audience laughed too
USA is getting the World Cup next year, they haven’t even fixed the homeless problem or the working conditions. They also lock up journalists. Nothing new here.
My mom was deployed to Qatar when I was younger, and she used to write home and tell us about how birds would just fall out of the sky dead when they hit these pockets of particularly strong heat. I can't even begin to imagine laboring there.
Is she still there?
@@kylestubbs8867 I believe the US has military bases there, so they were probably a soldier. Also, op used past tense, their mom is not still there.
@@whatthebeepvideos She was an airman actually (they get hilariously uptight about those things lol, she was in the airforce not army so technically not "soldier"), either a Captain or Major at that point. But yeah to @Kyle Stubbs, this was in like 2003 or 2004
@Sarafina Summers Damn, well that's one way to test your nerve agent 😅
@@32fps Safer than the Bhopal method.
Australia consistently bids to host the world cup but we keep losing out to other countries. I guess we just cannot match their shady under the table bribes!
Because rightfully bribery in Australia would have you watching the world cup from an Aussie Gaol.
You literally just hosted one! But the world doesn't pay attention to women's sports 🫠
We got the Women's World Cup, and it was awesome! 😃🙌
Australia would be a BRILLIANT host of the World Cup.
The bigger issue with Australia is the time zones.
I love how shocked that one Qatari sport agency leader was when he said "you actually went there?"
He was like: "Who let them go there?"
@@Utonian21 "I explicitly said not to let that happen!"
Someone was probably murdered or disappeared after that interview.
Was not part of the plan.
How many security got fired that day
Hearing the words of Nasser gave me huge goosebumps. What a chilling analogy....
I think I've never seen someone who looked gayer, but yeah, his statement was very compelling.
Edit: It just occurred to me though: The fate of a gay Qatari is probably preferable to that of a migrant worker being worked to death in desert heat. Not to belittle the situation, but you're a citizen of one of the (if not the) countries with the richest population in the world, but you have to hide your sexual orientation. Not ideal, to be sure, but you can basically just move to a different country and live there comfortably with your significant wealth. Whereas the migrants have the choice between starvation and slavery...
@@fishgangstaytps2691 wow I think you just raised the bar for shit takes that no one asked for. You should probably never comment on anything ever again.
@@mr.dr.daxter4049 Ehm... Did you use your brain to type that? It can't have been in your head at the time, surely.
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He is not from a rich family. Not that it matters anyway, they disowned him after he moved to America and came out.
@@Itcouldbebunnies Interesting. But I wasn't talking about him personally. Just in general. I would get a nice job and not tell my family. Again, not saying that it's great, just the lesser evil in this case.
I remember telling my teacher back in school that he was getting old and out of touch if he believed that things like racism would still exist when I got to be his age. I am now his age and I owe him an apology.
Ah, the optimism of youth, we've all been guilty of it. Even as a natural pessimist I have had hope for a better future at some point.
racism will probably always be a thing, but slavery could have disappeared, if it was one of top priorities of Humanity. but it's not. I still can't buy new shoes.
Understandable. When I was a kid I thought humans were smart.
@@jayreagan5999 They are smart. But they are egocentrical as well. If you tell the boss of a company that you will give him 10 Million Dollar but that money will be deducted from his employees... well, it takes a strong man to say no.
You not only owe him an apology, but you also owe his children an apology. You will owe his grandchildren, and his grandchildren’s grandchildren an apology, because as long as there are people racism will never go away. The fact that people act self-righteous and pretend to be moral and good is nothing but a show. Deep down in their subconscious, even the most “non-racist” person will still prefer people who look like him and belong to his culture. It’s the same thing as a non-believer who will start praying the second their life is in danger. 😊
The face of that official when the journalist told him he's been there and saw everything was priceless.
My brother in law from the Philippines used to work in Qatar, same process as paying the agency fee to work there. and after 2 years the owner of the company died and the kids sold the company they were not paid for 6 months because the company filed bankruptcy and they got stuck in a camp too. They had to rely on other Filipinos and families back home to lend them money so they can buy food. He had to sign a contract to forgo his pay so he can get a ticket to go home.
monstrous.
That's fucked up
imagine paying for working under these conditions... just crazy
The capitalist’s wet dream.
@@spiraljumper74 Dictators' wet dream
"I won't say that Qatar definitely got the World Cup through bribery, but I won't say that they didn't and I will say that they did." God, I love this.
That phrasing should be confusing enough to throw off the defamation SLAPP suits! 💀
@@cbpd89 I think it wouldn't be that difficult to prove in court, actually. 😆
John Should have thrown in an “allegedly” to be safe.
@@notaspy1227 haha that's the classic for wiggle room, RLM does that all the time
World Cup and bribery in the same sentence is redundant.
"The workers are living in a comfortable, healthy, environment" has the same energy as "Our slaves are happy to be here, look at how joyfully they sing"
"There is no slavery in Ba Sing Se"
How do you think Dubai and Kuwait were built? Just like the US economy, on the back of slavery. Good to see Westerners pretending like they give a fuck about Nepali workers in Qatar tho
Who said that? Xi Jinpingg?
@@yucateco14 12:24
Sounds like Gone with the Wind
The 'ahh' from the audience after oliver converted 52°c to Fahrenheit did it for me 😂😂😂
Fun fact: The FIFA is considered a non-profit association in Switzerland, where the head office is (and where I live). Legally it is the same as the children's soccer club in my neighbourhood or an evening book-club. And like these other charitable association, the FIFA does only pay limited taxes, despite posting billions of revenue.
But the US does thank you Swiss when you helped us Raid and arrest the last Organizational corrupt heads.
Random question, doesn't Switzerland allow people after service to carry their rifles?
@@ArcturusOTE they can keep the rifle but without ammo. Although most recruits don't take the rifle home with them after their service.
You start to take in massive profits as non-profit in Finland, and you'll be sure that tax office is going to be interested in you :^)
Switzerland, bank and money launderer for organized crime, dictators and general scumbags since the 1700s. Also a proud history of professional advice on tax evasion.
Also, tasty chocolate!
Hi im from Nepal 🇳🇵Thanks for covering issues of migrant workers . Hope the concerned authority act on this.
Also i feel sad our nepalese migrant workers , brothers and sisters had to go through these pain due to incompetent and corrupt leaders and government of nepal who forced people out of country coz of unemployment....
I am so sorry what happened and is happening to your countrymen and women
Qatar offer opportunities to poor countries, yet 😅 people complain if the issue is real then the Nepal government would have moved. Source trust me im from Nepal 🙄
@@mosheed-dragon8438 what do you mean by providing opportunities that comes with death of people.. pathetic thought.. i even doubt if you are from nepal, you would have felt the pain. Its DEATH of people we are talking here
Also Nepal government is too incompetent to talk about these issues in international level.
Can you please inform me- why are there so many Nepalese people seeking work in other countries?
@@purudeepgautam6439you seem pretty educated, why not protest in your country then. You are saying your country is incompetent shouldn't be the first step to improve it.
Say why you want about John, but he was spot on about Englands place in the world cup
Lol 🤣
I am glad FIFA kicked them out!
"Say what you want about John"?
I've never heard anyone say anything bad about John Oliver (well, we know Pierce Morgan, that douc_hebag, doesn't like him, but other than him... and maybe the Royal family and... OK he's not that popular, probably even hated, a good, common base for a Voodoo doll but still...he's quite tolerable).
You know what, I agree with you. I take it back.
I literally ran to the comment section to see if anyone else caught that LMAO
@@mmjackk667 underrated comment😂
John's impression of David Beckham was so good lol
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Not if you can do a real East End accent.
@@jeanlind7540 True but I think he got the smarminess spot on
John's impression of Sep Blatter was just as good lol
that reporter interrupting his joyous screams to yell instead "OI HE GOT ME SCARF!! OI THAT'S ME MUMS!!!" and then John revealing the Scarf made me laugh so hard that I had to use my inhaler
@Sarafina Summers lol!
Eh, I laughed harder when Norm MacDonald did it with an urn.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@sarafinasummers7863 Oh, man. Coughing with weed smoke inhaled? I felt that pain as I read your words.
The worst part is immediately knowing full-well that your coughing session is definitely going to last several minutes.
I'm impressed that John correctly predicted that England would lose in the quarterfinals. Someone should give him a raise.
And they lost on a penalty, so he was close on that one
Omg I was thinking the same, know he heck did he predict that?!😂
I mean, he’s English, he knows 😅
England choking was predictable.
Ohhhh god I just remembered. He should say this in his next video😂😂
I have a Filipino coworker who worked at 2 of those stadium sites. I'm so glad he got out and came to the US with his family
He should have come to Europe, why go to a third world country like the US? I get that it's much better than quatar, but it's still the third world.
@Zift Ylrhavic Resfear You wish lol. Don't forget if it wasn't for the US, you'd be commenting in German 🤷🏾♂️😂
@@tarikmcentire9238
Did you know that the US is the only western country that had a declining life expectancy even before the pandemic?
It's also the only one that hasn't reached 80 years of average life expectancy. Poland is even about to catch up to you guys.
You may have a powerful army and an elite living in luxury, but the living conditions of the average american is a level below an actual first world country.
@@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear your household poop the whole day and flush the toilet at night just to save water 💩
@@sbs-0055
As i pointed out in my last comment, even eastern Europe is catching up to the US, did you really think my household hasn't left you guys in the dust?
I used to live in Rio, Brazil and it would hit 50 degrees in the summer some days. The government would send out water trucks to dose the businesses and some people who asked to get sprayed. It was so incredibly hot and humid that if just got out of the shower and dried yourself off. By the time you wrapped the towel and started walking to your room your entire body would be sweaty. (No most people don't have AC, and if they do its just in room of the house to save costs) I can't imagine doing any actual labour in that type of environment without straight up passing out. Reminds me of the old movies of Egyptian slaves working to build temples in the heat while getting whipped. So damn sad
Ana Clara Benevides died during Taylor Swift 's Concert in Rio last year.
David Beckham did a TV cooking show in Japan called SMAP Cooking. He said "It's good" so many times that the celebrities cooking asked if he could say anything else.
I am Groot
No he can`t. His head has been hit by a big round ball too many times thus damaging said head.
David Beckham is a moron, and will do anything for a buck. Ambassador? Don't make me laugh.
@@smuller8988 He's a nobody among the rich lol. His wife is more loved.
He's the British version of the American football star who was "passed" through college with dismal grades because of his skills on the football field.
I lived in qatar when I was younger for several years and have witnessed this "slavery" first hand, and it's true. I remember seeing 20-30-40 dudes living in a small dirty trailer outside of construction sites and seeing them working outside in the blistering heat and hearing stories regularly about people dying on the job. It's heartbreaking. I remember feeling so bad for those people it made me cry and decide from a young age I want to change the world and help those people and all people in shitty situations. Treat others the way you'd like to be treated and be the way you'd like others to be.
Being from India, the living conditions are largely known here, but enough people are desperate for the money even if there is a known risk of not getting paid all that is promised.
Why is he not talking about China hosting Olympics?
This is the way Ned. 🖖🏼
@@mohammedsaad4731 he has several episodes where he talks about China, as far as I know, this is the 1st on Qatar
@@mohammedsaad4731 The CCP needs to be crushed asap.
I know it's a terrible topic, but I laughed way too hard at the audience ahhhhing at the temperature after John converted it to Fahrenheit
It's the same reaction to the fact when he said so in his first FIFA video.
They'll laugh hysterically at everything including Teletubbies jokes
Some will laugh because they'd never even dream of working with temperatures like that.
Others will laugh because they didn't know how hot 50° Celsius is. Guessing most are both.
@@rohitr9400 The fifa video from 8 years ago? Did he mention the same fact back then? Even though it hadnt yet happened?
125.6*F -- WHATS NOT FKD HERE?
massive respect for shining the spotlight where people don't want it shone upon
John oliver calling Gianni Infantino “Corruption Caillou” got me howling 😂
Writers knocked it out of the park with that one!
i hate Caillou
@@doanacookieCT I've never met anyone that actually likes him lol....
Mt. Rushmore of John Oliver burns for sure
That was uncalled for, to accuse someone of something so horrific without any evidence
I friend of mine worked as a technical supervisor in a highly specialized field, on the construction of the airport. He had brought his whole family from Denmark and was planning on working a year there. He came back after 2-3 weeks. He couldn't believe how shitty the working conditions were. And he'd worked basically all over the world.
One of my family members had pretty much the same experience. Also from Denmark.
He was only gonna be there for 6 monyhs though. But he also left after a few weeks.
Damn, even the danish get treated like shit there... i kinda like the lack of racial/wealth discrimination. Everyone gets treated equally inhumane lmao
@@damjanp7920 I'm thinking they may have left over moral compunction, not personal discomfort. From what I understand, they treat white/Western workers very well, as they want to continue making a good impression on the rest of the world.
@@Cavemanner On the Western world you mean. Because there's 2bn+ people of Indian, Bangladesh and Nepal they didn't worry about making a bad impression on.
These other workers have the same choice but they choose to live there. They got in debt knowing full well what they would face. Its their own choice.
There are few things in life as satisfying as watching a Brit mocking another Brit's British accent.
David Beckham puts on a fake accent. You can look it up on TH-cam. There is at least one video comparing his natural accent with his artificially put on one.
Also unsettling to hear “soccer” in a British accent
@@k80_ he assimilated well into his host country!
@@k80_ It's unsettling to hear soccer in any accent.
@@camelopardalis84 Exactly what John Oliver was mocking: The Overly made up British accent.
We are so lucky to have a show like yours, who is not afraid to speak the truth. I'm very proud about the freedom of expression which often is taken for granted in the West.
😂😂😂😂
Cue death threat spam sent to reporters.
Freedom of expression is so important, it should never be taken for granted
Freedom of speech depends on your race in the west similar to all countries in the world. I mean the amount of articles and interviews I have seen plus experiences I have seen people suffer, for example how the UK reacted to Ukraine and said things like we have to help because they look like us or have light eyes/blond hair or look European. I mean definitely help I'm not disputing that if able you should help where you can, we alll should. However, not due to the way the people look plus what about offering the same help and making just as big of a deal with others from other countries who UK and US have attacked and caused issues for such as Iraq.
Clearly Qatar like many other countries have the issues. In fact no country is remotely even close to perfect.
Qatar as shown has major issues with the locals letting their wealth, authority and power get to their heads whilst forgetting their religion that encourages them to be kind and good to all humans.
The west is not without issues to. I've seen it with my eyes how minorities are bullied and treated, I mean Islamaphobia has been going on for so long it's crazy that it's only now been given a name. Some of the racism and human inequalities are just more tactical in the west because the west has learnt to deflect and be undercover unfortunately. I say unfortunately because I am from the west and it does need to be better along with all the world. Therefore, we can't advise others when we have so many institutionally inhumane, racist, gender, culture, powertrip issues to.
@@KAte-ng9zg if you’re trying to compare modern western countries to the Middle East then you are gonna lose this argument very quickly. The West May have had major human rights issues 60 years ago but we aren’t talking about 60 years ago since they’ve corrected it. The Middle East and much of the world still lives in Medieval times where they kill for being gay or steal your passport and force you to work as a slave.
The first time I watch last week tonight was when John Oliver did an episode about the corruption in the world cup of Brazil 2014 ,he also mentioned the poor conditions of the workers who built the stadiums. From that moment I followed the show and with this episode you realize that none of that has changed at all.
Interesting with with the Brazil World Cup, it was questionable them building the stadium in Manaus but at least they also had the Olympics coming and there was a very tiny case to be made for extending access to football matches to the north. How on earth is Qatar going to generate revenue from all 6 of these stadiums after the Cup is over being such a small country?
@@christophertheriault3308 even here, the maintenance cost of the stadium fucked over Manaus, specially during the pandemic, and it's, as expected, barely utilized at all.
@@christophertheriault3308 It's purely just sportswashing. They don't care about the direct profits from this world cup
@@SeasonedRookie Even so, 6(!) rotting stadiums in a country that small doesn't seem worth it for what they get back in non-tangible benefits.
_From that moment I followed the show and with this episode you realize that none of that has changed at all_
That is kind of the whole irony hosting a major tournament like this. You can either:
A) Be inclusive and open up the hosting process to less favored nations, but you will always get the mistreatment of workers, corruption and whole etc with the deal
or
B) Host the World Cup only in places like Norway, Germany or New Zealand.
The journalist is a seasoned war reporter, going to front lines all over the world.
It says a thing or two, when the network decides to send a war reporter to a football tournament... They needed someone who could handle some heat :P
"There's something pretty fucked up about arguing it's too hot for peak athletes to be outside for 90 minutes but you know what it's completely fine for people to build stadium in that heat". That pretty much sums up up most major sports events IMO.
“It's like the Super bowl, except the rest of the world actually gives a f*ck.” 😂
5:55 I am not feeling the FOMO💰... Where is my latinum #TDBank💳?🌎💘💰
John Oliver covering FIFA is always a treat
Why not about China hosting Olympics
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I lost a lot of respect him when he said he's still going to watch. He should be telling people to #boycottFIFAworldcup
@@mohammedsaad4731 Not specifically the Olympics but: th-cam.com/video/17oCQakzIl8/w-d-xo.html
@@XVeganDaveGodFreeX Won't really make a difference. The majority will still watch.
@@mohammedsaad4731 because last I checked the olympics is a completely different athletic event?
"You don't want to comment on it?" "Of course not" implies "Hell no, because we both know you're right" in such a confident way. It's astounding
"I just don't wanna be on camera pretending to try to lie while you ask about how evil my country and entire culture is. I'm better than this; I'm accustomed to slave rimjobs during interviews.""
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ your TH-cam comment won’t change anyone’s mind btw
The only reason the west was silent about the past FIFA had is because of the problems they currently have with OPEC
& his cold dead soul-less beady little eyes, would be fun to drive him 20 miles out in the desert & drop him off so he can walk back.
th-cam.com/users/shortst2sh6yywmzw?feature=share
"I do not have much faith, but still, I have hope." Heartbreaking
I always like watching you. Everything has a good and bad side, and you get to the heart of it and don't back down because the topics are difficult. Plus, I still laugh, even though it's a little depressing.
The fact that so many people lost their lives because FIFA officials took bribes is tragic. What sticks in my craw even more is that after the tournament those stadiums will be abandoned like in previous host countries. The wealthy organisers will have profited and the poor will die for nothing.
What sticks in my craw even more is that John said he was going to watch anyway. As long as the insane fans can't get a decent sense of proportion and realize that their sport isn't as important as people's lives, nothing will change.
The poor don't care , they want Money as well - a Bangladeshi
@@dunbar9finger not necessarily (although I agree with you and I wont watch any games). the world cup in its current form is a financial catastrophe, countries like south africa, brazil or russia spent billions and barley earned anything (ticket profits are for the fifa, fifa earns a few billions without any costs). even germany lost money and they had stadiums, infrastructure etc.
the reason why those countries do that is bc they hope to be seen more modern, meaning if we really pointing out how terrible this all is, maybe those people will stop investing in it. long stretch but maybe...
@@itsmyboardwhotalk yes, it's a P.R. purchase plain and simple. lots of international sporting competitions are this way, including the Olympics though they do make much more of an effort to pretend like human rights really matters nowadays as if that'll make any difference. and yet athletes will continue to compete in them as long as they have incentive to do so, and people will continue to watch them. it's almost like stadium sporting competitions were invented to be an opium for the masses so they didn't realize how shitty their lives are and overthrow their governments or something. oh, that's right, they were. can we stop pretending these things are otherwise now?
I read an interesting section of a book that talked about how hosting major sporting events and sports teams improves people’s level of happiness. In the US, there’s lots of promise of creating jobs around these things, and they’re false promises, and many now protest against hosting because of that. But maybe if we accept it’s a way to get a buzz without risking addiction, more democracies would be willing to splash the cash to compete with the dictatorships that are trying to sports-wash.
A german comedian said it best I believe when he said he was pissed at FIFA for "forcing people to make a moral descision on whether or not to watch football".
*Oliver Welke, heute show
I will NOT be watching the world cup. It makes me sad, but the whole human rights violations thing makes me sick.
If he only realized that now it means he wasn"t paying attention before.
Professional soccer has always been an insult to intelligence, and to the sport itself.
@@nehalilisays I was thinking of Oliver Kalkofe, actually. But Welke might have said something similar.
It’s Oliver Welke, and he‘s right. Gotta hand it to FIFA; they’re making millions off their moral bankruptcy and still get to tell fans „well, you watched, so you‘re complicit“. Evil masterminds.
I'm super proud of my team (Bolivia) for boycotting this World Cup by not qualifying at all. I mean, they boycotted so hard they probably ended up last in the CONMEBOL as a whole.
Lol!
I stand corrected: They ended up second to last, only above Venezuela. Man, they could have put more of an effort with the boycott.
@Jack Smith Are you sure you're responding to the right comment?
Me with Paraguay
@Jack Smith Pretty sure you have no idea what you're talking about, or even noticed the fact that my comment was a joke.
I still remember when it hit 45 degrees celsius here in Sydney back in 2013. It was so oppressively hot that it was difficult to even move let alone conduct physical work....
It rarely happens that a Danish journalist goes viral. He is usually a war reporter reporting in full military gear and helmet. This clip is surreal in many ways.
When will this Danish jorno report about what's happening in Denmark tho
@@tojogornottojog1100
Lots of reporters do that. Any subject in particular you're interested in?
@@tojogornottojog1100 lol what a question 😂
That makes sense. How could you be afraid someone would break your camera after surviving a war zone. Dude knows what really matters.
That explains the balls on that man lol
I live in the Middle East and I remember once going to a birthday party that was outdoors. It was so hot that I I had to constantly go indoors to breathe and avoid passing our. And I met 2 guys who were in the party who worked in construction. They’re ere wearing suits. Suits! In 100 degree weather. I asked them how they could stand the heat. They just smiled and said “we work in construction in the Middle East”
Oh yikes. Poor guys, they would have my utmost respect.
name of the 2 guys ? Albert and Einstein.
I’m a gulf citizen and I am so glad that the western media is shedding light on the abusive Kafala system. Our governments are only reactionary to global pressures and hopefully the events in Qatar can drive our leaders to abolish this exploitation driven system.
I know it used to be a thinkg in KSA, but Qatar as well? and like why do the gov do that? UAE doesn't..so why are Qatar and KSA so hesitant to abolish it?
Well gulf nations aren’t going to be held accountable because the first thing they’re gonna do is point out the hypocrisy of the west
@@sumomaster5585 lol how ignorant are you? Who said UAE doesn't??? You think all these buildings popped up on their own? Visit Sonapur in Dubai and ask them about Kafala.
@@Mirsab buildings popping up don't necessarily mean the workers had to be under Kafala...I have some friends who got office jobs there and my understanding is there isn't kafala system there...maybe I am wrong
I'm glad that you're happy to see us putting the Gulf in the spotlight so much. I'm actually starting to feel bad for the good citizens of Qatar, because sadly they're going to have to whether the staining of their countries politics even if they have nothing to do with them.
Couldn't watch the World Cup this time. Watched a game in Brazil, followed Russia, but I can't stop thinking about FIFA and the people who died to build this cash grab scheme.
Thank you, John
Too bad it was a great world cup to watch
Good for you! Any view is revenue and if they profit, they continue. Can’t keep watching and say you don’t IN SOME WAY, support what they have done. Personally, I do not love anything enough to support that.
You shouldn't have watched Brazil and Russia either. And when the World Cup comes to the US, you shouldn't watch that one too. They torture innocents over there (a war crime).
@@akmal94ibrahim cry more lmfao
I like how the American audience didn't grasp how hot it is in Qatar until John converted from Celsius to Fahrenheit.
In the same way that Celsius people won't grasp Fahrenheit until you convert it for them.
From science to jibberish how long can you throw a stone
I don’t know the conversion by heart, but I know anything beyond 30 C is hot as fuck. I’m a dumb American, but I try.
@@morpheus6749 you mean the rest of the world?
@@morpheus6749 Well you say that but the rest of the world is exposed to this retardation regularly and learn to convert, same goes for currency exchange rates n the like, globalism be like that, regardless of how much of a cousin fucker you try to be :D
The Monarchy and World Cup was a hell of a way to end this season.
Plus a new season of the Crown on Netflix.. 🎊
@@moroteseoinage are you okay?
@@moroteseoinage yes, intolerant towards killing workers, how sad and pity of you degenerates
@Free M8son: Yeah, they are definitely not okay!
They're a chodeful cuck-servative coward who gets spicy whenever anyone, especially strangers on the internet who they'll never be confronted by, question(s) anything, any idea or opinion, that they have. Or they're just a cowardly troll, merely just doing nothing more than trolling for their _`shits & giggles`._
Those are the only two options.
@@moroteseoinage I legitimately didn’t believe people like you actually existed. Apparently I’m wrong, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
I want an hour of John mocking Beckham.
Me too...
He's another one like Tyson whose voice doesn't match up right with the look 🤣
Everybody knows how I would love to see John mocking people.
same with kid rock id watch an hour of john mocking him
John is a nobody compared to Beckham.
Putting pressure on countries like Qatar and UAE (that's Dubai and few other Emirates) actually works. Years ago, as the result of focus on workers rights, UAE enacted a series of reforms. For example, outdoors work had to stop when/if temperatures rose above 42 C (which is already very hot.) Mysteriously, ever since then, the official temperature report in UAE hardly ever goes above 42 C.
This law has been in Saudi Arabia since over 15 years. Don't think that these governments don't care about its people unless west put pressure on them.
The west who has a very nice history of treating other nations' people.
I don't know about UAE, but I think they are the same.
@@sohaimalshehri9103 you are a shitty piece of work, you know that?
@@sohaimalshehri9103 History of treating people nicely? Are you deranged?
Are you familiar with colonialism?
Even now, they mistreat their own, forget about foreigners. As Carl Jung once said, "The west is a tech giant, but a moral dwarf".
@@j0kez708 buddy, it's called sarcasm.
😂 very mysterious! That's how well these things work, it's impressive. Thanks for sharing
"I love being in the middle of ... Nowhere... And eating and talking... This is... Perfect for me."
Had me dying!!
It's like the man is contractually obligated by Satan to ONLY be permitted to express himself in sentences of "I love [insert present circumstances]!!" or "I love [insert food or cuisine, regardless of present circumstances]!!"
Like if he strays from this by even the slightest deviation, the secret FIFA sniper is just gonna take him out on the spot.
😂😂😂
You are foreshadowing the next ad with beckham, where he will be filming in hell. "I love being tied to a pole and being poked by sticks and have my eyes gauged out.... This is .. Perfect for me."
Or rather stick him with an electric cattle prod.
He was paid a $220 million contract to promote this mess. He will say he loves satan's balls if he has to
Having seen both, I observed that the west and women specifically seem to think the rich oil states ME are far more horrible than they actually are.....yes there are some restrictions about politics and on women but all in all, their lives aren't much different from what you have in the west. Actually in most cases it's much better given their crazy wealth. As for the horrible conditions for migrants, sadly they would've had the same horrible conditions even in their own countries. I grew up in a very poor country myself and been to India before....I am not saying what the oil states are doing is in any way or shape correct, no far from it but the reality is the world is cruel for most of us.
Thank you sir for highlighting the story of migrant workers. My uncles son died of cardiac arrest working in harsh conditions. Read a horrific story in reputed Nepali newspaper of how they punished Nepali workers if they left and worked in another company because of low salary and harsh living conditions. They would make the workers sit in hot midday sun 45-50 degree Celsius. The Nepali migrant workers would faint. Then they would take the body to shaded place revive them with cold water. After he gained conscious they would put him back to the sun. These people are monsters. I have decided to boycott watching world cup 2022.
Why didn’t the Indian, Bangladeshi & Nepalese governments speak out against the treatment of their citizens?
@@thesituation2009 one word answer :"Oil"
@@thesituation2009 They have raised this issue for last 8 years. Unfortunately no one in the west or the east cared about it till now. The western media is doing this virtue signaling now but in a month all will be forgotten.
@@thesituation2009 because govt gets foreign currency
You do realize that John said he was still going to watch and therefore support this FIFA event. That makes him a hypocritical scumbag as bad as any of the people he rails against. Missing one sporting event is going way too far in the way of sacrifice for him? Pathetic he owes everyone an apology for that.
Brilliantly described, John. Thank you, Sir. 🙌🏼
About the "One Love" Armbands: Fifa has apparently threatened teams who wear those with penalties. Not just financial ones. Yellow cards for any players who wear them, maybe even red cards. And talk behind the scenes is that they even threatened to take away points from teams.
So yeah, we know where Fifa stands.
We know where the players stand too. Cowards.
I just read that as well! Still can't quite believe it... wth??
We should have escalated it... let FIFA ban us. Rather banned than kneeling before FIFA!
Geetings from Germany
@@frederikzinn5427 IF Germans are good at anything at all, it is at kneeling and obeying.
The response should be that all the players wear them anyway. They can either issue every single one of them yellow cards or send the team back home. Either way it would be a massive embarrassment to FIFA and Qatar and it would be an effective way to protest.
I'm glad you're back to international news. As much as I enjoy you roasting the US, sometimes a break is very much appreciated
naaaa. Keep roasting America untill Congress starts functioning properly. Don't let up. Let's get our own house in order.
I worked for the World Cup three years ago. On digital platforms and based in Europe, so I had nothing to do with what happened in the country. Anyway, our supervisors asked Amnesty International about the situation and they said, since the agency was already working for FIFA and DFB (German Football Association) that it can’t get morally worse from here. Organized Football isn’t sport, it’s cancer.
Those Qatari frauds should be tried for human rights violation. This nonsense can't stand
Just as organized religion. Scum of earth. Let's not forget that Qatar is a fundamentalist theocratic monarchy.
bread and circus. football fans coping might answer that it's "I'm 14 ans it's deep" type content, doesn't change the fact it's the truth, liquid bread and games.
I was at World Cup. You nailed a lot of the perspectives.
Qatar should’ve never got the tournament.
Oppressive and government control.
Disorganized and inefficient processes
Pure corruption.
So many tourists from around the world expressed their negative
Experience and perspectives
The supreme court getting any ideas joke slapped so hard yet was so extremely sad. Still cant believe that happened
That was a nervous laugh for sure.
I didn't understand that joke.
What was the punch on that one?
I'm assuming they did something heinous recently, but my searches are too vague...
The way the audience only became shocked when John translated Celsius to Fahrenheit lmao
*converted
Anything over 30°C is uncomfortable.
There are people? Isnt it just a solo without audience and just some background sounds?
@@hanshaperle6075 only during the height of COVID. He often mentioned being in a white void.
And? We use Fahrenheit here. So it's fine that you can't translate to Fahrenheit, but it's weird that others can't translate to Celsius? Hypocrite.
I love how John absolutely picked the outcome for England, several weeks ago 😂
It was planned.
John is really Q. This was his proof. Let him who hath understanding reckon the *Prophecy of England.*
@@beenaplumber8379 Anybody who follows soccer even a little bit could have predicted that one
@@1313tennisman
I hate to have to agree with you
That was easy the draw matched them up against france. Frances best player wasnt even playing.
*"Corruption Caillou"!!* i nearly wet myself LMFAO!
That head of the organization is so pompous he didn't even try to pretend. He just doesn't care and leaves. Great communication👍
Dad went there in the 1980s from Thailand. They took his passport, refused pay and he came back home in debt after months of working. Good to know that 40 years later, this country still hasn't change. 40 years of progresssssss.
Tbh that's what still happens to hookers in Germany also....
It’s a disgraceful country. The nerve that a lot of Arab countries allowed for international workers to be treated this way. They have money too they just look down on people which is rich coming from evil people like that.
@@immaculatepeter5529 “rich coming from people like that” says a lot about you writing a statement like that. Most of the people here have never been to any of these countries and somehow know everything going on there.
@@herzkine what do you mean? Explain. They import hookers?
@@عمر-ل9ع2ي sooooo do you have a defence for the countries consistently committing human rights violations or are you just going to be angry that people are pointing it out?
I'm from Germany and I usually love watching the World Cup with family and friends, but I decided not to this year.
It's truly heartbreaking, when you see a sport you love and that brings people together being absolutely rotten and corrupt.
Same here
Yeah same. I'm from the Netherlands, we played our first game of the tournament tonight but I just can't watch it
@@reneedesoet7309
I'm with you.
Not going to watch. Fuck they could get to the finals and I still wouldn't.
@@berjanbeen7188 I'm a huge fan of the sport but I'm refusing to watch any of the matches too. I'm glad to see I'm not alone.
Amen! I absolutely love football, and it feels horrible like to enjoy something that should bring so much joy worldwide because of the terrible tragedies it caused.
I was one of many Butlers at a 5-Star Island resort for the Prince of Qatar and his entourage in the very early 2000s.
While I never met the Prince personally, his staff were rude and belittling throughout their stay of one week.
We essentially needed to work 24-7 as we had much to prepare and organise during the daylight hours, and would need to be on-call for anything in the evening.
As their home is so hot during the day, the Prince had a very nocturnal timetable. We even had a beach volleyball court set up for his staff and family with lighting, multiple chefs, and the butlers to attend to their needs as they like to operate when it's cool.
The women where courteous, but so reserved and veiled.under the watchful eyes of the security staff.
After a few days I was sleep deprived and quite over the rudeness of the security detail.
They do not care about anyone but themselves.
They did tip us very handsomely in mid 5-figures each which was ridiculous money. I gave half of it to a few animal care charities, as I felt that it was too much, and that it was a payoff for being treated like a piece of shit for a week.
When they left in a multi-billion dollar yacht, I was so relieved. Slept for 22-hours straight after.
To this day, I still can't talk about anything specific I witnessed or experienced during that time. We all had to sign a binding NDA that lasts for 50-years.
These royals don't mess about.
Money man money
I don't think I've ever heard a Brit mock another Brit's accent before 😂🤣🤣 That was too funny
Edit: It's common sense that people in the UK have different accents. Why do some of you keep bringing that up when no one said otherwise?? 😂
I laaaauugghheeedd so hard🤣🤣🤣🤣
They do it all the time, you should watch their show they're quite funny, like 8 out of 10 cat does countdown
There's loads of accents in the UK lol, it actually happens a lot.
@@jarenlee8229 to get that, Americans would need to know that there's no common "breehdish accent", but they're always referring to some kind of English accent
What? You should watch The Big Fat Quizzes then. Sometimes a very posh person asks the question and half the panel wouldn't understand because, well, they're not all posh people from the south, are they?
The sad part about all of this is that Qatar banning beer sales during the tournament is far more likely to have lasting effects on the selection process than the human rights abuses...
Have you heard the latest about-face? Turns out, beer sales will proceed after all, but only in the VIP and VVIP sections. So, no alcohol for the proles, only for the ones who paid thousands of euros for the tickets.
Beer is a human right. On a serious note, seems that we are losing the plot as humans. Our priorities have become completely crooked.
The fact that we can't accept the ban of an intoxicant shows how much society has degraded
I'd be willing to bet half the reason they banned beer sales was so that would be the bad press story instead of anything John talked about.
I don't mind banning alcohol in a muslim country that in general is against alcohol but to then allow it for VIPs just shows how corrupted they are and that it is not about religious beliefs.
When the story began, I thought that I would probably sell out for a million dollars too. Then you showed what the laborers go through and I was like "No way, not even for a million dollar bribe". Those assholes on the committee must be some next level evil.
At one point, you have to put integrity above money...
Thy work in poorer conditions in thier home countries or arw jobless, thats why they chooaw this, my cousin worked in dubai for 5 yeara, lifes good if you are a skilled labour
I heard a rumor (that I definitely didn't make up just now) that the Qataris originally offered £10M, but FIFA managed to talk them down to just 1.
12:36 adding alhamdulila at the end of a sentence is crazy lol 😂
I used to live in UAE from 1989 to 1993 and the Kafala system was the norm for all non-European and American citizens. The passport is taken and kept by the employer, and they would give it when you go on vacation and take it back upon return. I worked in IT, so life wasn't so bad, but have seen so many live in squalid conditions in and around Dubai. Don't want to take my family to the Middle East until the human rights situation improves. The western media has turned a blind eye towards labor living conditions in most of the middle eastern countries. Thanks John! FIFA is probably the most corrupt organization in the world. Money matters more to David Beckham & Morgan Freeman as if they don't have enough!
I agree with you about FIFA being probably the most corrupt organization in the world, they are total scum.
As a Westerner, I don't know if it's as much a blind eye as an overloaded eye. There are labor and privacy violations in China, minority violations in the middle east, dictators in South America, warlords and exploitation in Africa, human rights violations and a potentially global war in Russia, and that's just off the top of my head and not including all the issues we're dealing with here of gun violence, transphobia, union busting, racism, domestic terrorism, corrupt politicians, and so on.
@@FortWhenTeaThyme You either support democracy or you don't. If you decide to purchase something that involved slave labor then you don't support democracy. When we give power to people who don't support democracy then they can and will use that power against us. It can be overwhelming at times to navigate certain markets or other things, but we can move away from consumption and buy locally.. We don't have to give up everything we like. We can be more selective and make more effort. If we want our old years calm and our offspring to have good lives, we can't be that ignorant.
Sorry, Western human rights concern is only reserved for China. Elsewhere doesn't matter
@@FortWhenTeaThyme Bad things happen everywhere, we all know this. So what is the point you are making? Should this episode have not been made to highlight this particular horrifying issue bc everyone does bad things? The world cup and rich persian gulf countries and their major cities (like Doha and Dubai) have a certain glimmer to them, in a way that make it easy to be dazzled by their sparkle and overlook these serious human rights violations. We deserve to be given a grim reality check when innocent people are trapped and suffering before we are all too blinded by the tall glittering skylines, the state-of-the-art stadiums and the rather westernized style of shopping and dining experiences that are so common in this part of the world.
Me, a Canadian, hearing about 52°C work conditions: WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!
Audience: *silence*
yes it’s crazy the highest temperature i’ve experienced in Canada is a bit above 30 celsius
@@gibbous_silver Many Canadians consider that hot weather 😓
@@gibbous_silver Toronto and Windsor get to +38
It was definitely cause the audience has no idea what 52C is.
I mean there were a few audible gasps when John translated Celsius into Fahrenheit for his live audience of Americans...
A follow up on what happens to these stadiums a couple of years later would be interesting
Designed to be easily disassembled
Guaranteed to be abandoned and forgotten
Watch Brazil 2014 world cup and its aftermath on TH-cam
Disassembled at a cost of 8,000 laborer deaths.
this channel shows what dirty mindset americans have, they show wrong indian map and they didnt mention that about 20-30% migrant workers came from pakistan. this shows who they protect and who they demonise
Thank you to the LWT team for reporting on this. Im Malayalee and my family has so many people who have worked and dealt with the shittiness of working in countries like UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. It’s appalling and disgusting what my people have done to essentially build there economy, only for their bodies to be collateral for elf wages. It’s a shame, especially bc we’re Muslim, and I find that these nations use their religion to justify slavery and homophobia especially against other Muslims.
Thank you so much for shedding light on this topic. Middle Eastern countries do that with a servant program, bringing Ethiopians into their country and taking away their passport. A lot of abuse happens and is never reported.
And yet people brag about traveling to Dubai and Qatar and other places. Shameful. Nobody should travel to these places as they are indirectly supporting this behavior. Disgusting.
"How their hearts stops, is literally how everybody dies."
True.
"I love food culture. I love spice market."
"David Beckham, are you just looking at things in Qatar and saying that you love them?"
"I love being in the middle of nowhere."
I love lamp.
I love sand
i love being paid multi-million dollar just to washed a country reputation
Yes, I'm positive that Beckham loves the smell of an open-air fish market in 120F degree heat.
"I love cherry picking"
John's David Beckham impersonation gets me every time i watch this
I feel like this video omitted a crucial avenue of potential reform: sponsors. FIFA may be corrupt and unaccountable, but they love money, and major advertisers are much more responsive to criticism, particularly in the West. FIFA's major sponsors include Visa, Adidas, and Hyundai Kia. It would be much more productive to push those sponsors than hope for FIFA to see the error of its ways.
Plus a whole lot of Chinese companies.
Sponsers are often just as corrupt. Coca Cola is toxic and yet it's sold everywhere. Sponsors will put on a show of potentially pulling advertising but they don't cancel a sponsorship, cause others will now be gaslight into thinking they did some net positive while being morally bankrupt. The rich don't play fair, they play for keeps and Coca Cola will keep all sponsorship deals unless federally and internationally dismantled.
Coca Cola!!!
Just look at what's happening on Twitter now. Let's shift that attitude to FIFA.
Kia? From the West?
They coulda made an entire episode of John Oliver doing David Beckham impressions god that was gold
Do the Qataris know Beckham is half Jewish????
@@shalevedna why r u asking me
@@kylelyon8518 "a tah-co"
Yeah, I'd watch an episode of that, too.
Swiss here. Sepp Blatter and the FIFA is a complete and utter embarrassment for Switzerland. Hats off to John Oliver
I’ve been waiting for this episode since they announced that Qatar would be hosting the World Cup. Not disappointed!
You should watch his 3 part segment on FIFA and how the beauty of football as a unifying sport is tarnished by that organization. Those are 3 of his best videos
TLDR
I waste my time
You've been waiting 12 years?
@@purplewine7362 watching, wishing, waiting…
Same! I was so happy when I saw the title I’ve been waiting for it!
I use a VPN to connect and this morning when I couldn't find this episode it took me a moment to realize I wasn't connected to a US server. A quick change and good to go. It made me wonder how many countries are geo-locked and prevented from seeing this. That number should be 0. But at least elsewhere in the world people can use VPN services to bypass these restrictions. I hope it gets seen a lot from Qatar and other countries in that region.
wow, what country are you in?
@@FridgeChic The US, of all places. I occasionally switch to foreign servers just to mess with the algorithms in my newsfeeds, though last World Cup I pretended to be browsing from downtown London to stream the game live.
Reported.
@@NotoriousLightning Thanks!
Honestly one of the most clippable moments in this video is when John says how hot that Celsius temp is in Fahrenheit and the crowd reacts. Great video thank you for educating me yet again John
Thank you John for highlighting the disgusting way these poor men are treated
I worked in the Sultanate of Oman, a country close to Qatar, and the living conditions he's talking about are true. I remember when I worked in a small village I found a neibourghood that I thought was full of abandoned houses, until I discovered it's where the workers lived. Sometimes no roof, the walls were crumbling down, and no running water. Truly disgusting
It just shows how much they don't see the labourers as people. They have ALL the money in the world to give them decent housing. Why not give the people, that are responsible for their country to to even work, a fair treatment? Even if that would've cost them a billion dollars, or more. It wouldn't have been a problem. This World Cup is not a financial business for Qatar. They invested $300 billion in it. The revenue that the tournament makes, goes, at least to the largest extend, directly to FIFA. That is why Brazilian people didn't want to host the World Cup in 2014 in the first place. They pay all the money via taxes and the money goes FIFA.
Well, not only that the 2030 WC will probably being held in Saudi Arabia. The 2026 one is in parts played in Mexico. While an absolute football nation, it's also a corrupt narco state with 20,000 cartel murders every year. Those are numbers higher than in the Afghanistan war. So the next World Cup is going to take place in a civil war country. Attaboy FIFA!
My best friend is an archeologist and works in Saudia . The workers helping him and the other researcher are horrendous, to the point that the archeologist went on strike so the workers would have security equipement and water while working on old ruins on the desert. it's just awful.
It is absolutely terrible. Appareantly Qatar is rich as hell but cannot afford basic human rights.
@@rouliettapouet9213 same in Dubai
Oh wow, I thought for years Oman was one of the few good excamples down there. Maybe I was wrong
The first story I ever watched from John Oliver was his FIFA episode back in 2014, when the world cup was in Brazil. I was immediately hooked on LWT after that. It's crazy that 8 years later, the show is still going strong and has even come back full circle!
It's truly miserable what's happening in Qatar right now, but encouraging to know that people like John Oliver are still here to help expose it.
Brain washed
Ask him why doesn't he expose also the human rights violations committed by USA and UK in Palestine or Iraq or yamen or Afghanistan ....
@@assiadjaber9415 he talks about atrocities committed by the USA and UK all the time...
Well who’s fault is it that this keeps happening? Appears to be a pattern now and none of the fans, teams care, nor media actually cares. They are too busy ragging on US sports while promoting how amazing the world cup is. Even Oliver the hypocrite, did it at the top of this segment.
@@highset4327 Yes you are.
I was waiting impatiently for this release. Thank you to all the writers and investigators behind it ❤
Thank you for pretending to give a shit about the Nepali and Bengali workers that built WC2022 stadiums!
Really impressed with real football fans that didn't watch the world cup. I only watch a match or two from the world cup, so easy for me to boycott, but I know full on hardcore football fans that didn't watch, very impressive.
Well it's your loss. The Qatar world cup was voted the best world cup tournament on social media by far by world cup fans
@@blackpanthar906 it's a choice ethics vs personal gain. The equation doesn't work out the same for everyone.
@@brekerr I lost respect for John Oliver after this episode. This was just pure propaganda. Qatar really went out if their way to host and gift fans with expensive gifts.
It was voted the best world cup in history for a reason because fans got to finally see Messi achieve his dream.
1. Qatari officials addressed and clarified that the false news reports and propaganda made by some American and UK news outlets was based on a false statistic that was total number of deaths of immigrants in the country in past *10* years, which they falsely claimed to be around 6000.
In reality the number of immigrants died while building stadium projects in Qatar due to mishaps or whatever reason on record by businesses labour union organisation was only 34.
@@blackpanthar906 it wasn't just the US and UK media I saw it on French and German news. But more to the point reputable independent organizations such as amnesty international were saying the same and it wasn't just the forced labour and conditions that are an issue. Qatar has an appallingly human rights record.
Like I say the equation doesn't work the same for everyone but the facts are fairly well established.
@@brekerr I don't remember Amnesty International saying anything about 6000 immigrant deaths. It was only some of these media outlets that were refuted and the propaganda failed. Qatar world cup saw some of the highest attended matches in history of FIFA world cup. That's a fact you can't deny.
* It saved thousands of dollars for fans who would otherwise have to travel thousands of miles in a country like US or Austria.
* It reduced carbon footprint or emissions of greenhouse gases that Fans would emmit travelling very long distances.
I do agree thar human rights in Qatar are not up to same standard as western countries. But I would say it's far better when it comes to human rights in Israel.
Yet you will see all western media hooting for Israel hosting such an even and not not one of them will dare to speak about aparthied, human rights violations or even the poor condition of thai immigrant labour in Israel that goes through the same issues as in many Gulf countries. Or the human rights violations of blacks or ethiopian Jews in Israel who go through terrible racism.
All the teeth of western media fall down when it comes to Israel.
Human rights violations in Israel is worse than Qatar on both domestic and international level. As it affects freedom of speech in west and internationally while human rights violations in Qatar though may exist, they don't affect your freedom of speech or freedom of press in US to speak against it.
That's the major difference.
John Oliver is King of bringing us the real hard news and making it a little easier to digest although it gives me heartburn with it's sadness I always come back for more.
Thank you ✌❤
Those deaths of the workers/slaves should've gotten the country charged with human rights crimes, crimes against humanity. Punished or something like it was Hitler all over again because just because it's a lesser evil doesn't make it better. It shouldn't happen.
Beckham- “I love…being in the middle of nowhere.” Lol. Good job Qatar
That truly is one of the few better sides of theirs.
Then go there, please.